++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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Woah crazy blizzard out there, had to snow blow my driveway so I can back in but it was just all going everywhere and in my face. Then I hard trouble backing the car in since snow was accumulating on my back window faster than it took me to clear it and go back in the car. Was more or less having to drive blind.

This is probably something that would shut down US cities, but I'm still stuck having to go to work in that tomorrow. Probably going to take a cab, will take too much time to clear the car and driveway. It's bad enough having to be up early enough to have to be to work for 6:45. What sucks is it's suppose to warm up so it's going to melt and get all icy and then it will be a bitch to do anything with that snow. I just hope it stays cool enough that it does not melt too much.

Going to take a time lapse, should be interesting.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
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Woah crazy blizzard out there, had to snow blow my driveway so I can back in but it was just all going everywhere and in my face. Then I hard trouble backing the car in since snow was accumulating on my back window faster than it took me to clear it and go back in the car. Was more or less having to drive blind.

This is probably something that would shut down US cities, but I'm still stuck having to go to work in that tomorrow. Probably going to take a cab, will take too much time to clear the car and driveway. It's bad enough having to be up early enough to have to be to work for 6:45. What sucks is it's suppose to warm up so it's going to melt and get all icy and then it will be a bitch to do anything with that snow. I just hope it stays cool enough that it does not melt too much.

Going to take a time lapse, should be interesting.

One carcicle coming up :biggrin:
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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One carcicle coming up :biggrin:

Yeah pretty much, I hate when it gets too warm in winter it just fucks up everything.

The blizzard suddently stopped though, of course it has to happen as I'm done setting up my camera. :p

Still snowing a bit so I'll leave it overnight anyway.

As a side note I scored 2 T12 light fixtures today from work, my boss was tired of seeing them lying around and the maintenance people not coming to get them like they were suppose to, so he said take em. :D Stuff of that nature ends up just sitting there forever anyway, only for it to eventually get disposed of.

They're not really bright though, Not sure if it's the bulbs or if I'm just used to T8. I might retrofit a T8 ballast in there, I think the sockets are the same. Will go well where my weight bench is, I can flush mount them in the joists so I don't risk hitting them when doing overhead presses, like the current CFL bulbs.
 

eldorado99

Lifer
Feb 16, 2004
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Yeah pretty much, I hate when it gets too warm in winter it just fucks up everything.

The blizzard suddently stopped though, of course it has to happen as I'm done setting up my camera. :p

Still snowing a bit so I'll leave it overnight anyway.

As a side note I scored 2 T12 light fixtures today from work, my boss was tired of seeing them lying around and the maintenance people not coming to get them like they were suppose to, so he said take em. :D Stuff of that nature ends up just sitting there forever anyway, only for it to eventually get disposed of.

They're not really bright though, Not sure if it's the bulbs or if I'm just used to T8. I might retrofit a T8 ballast in there, I think the sockets are the same. Will go well where my weight bench is, I can flush mount them in the joists so I don't risk hitting them when doing overhead presses, like the current CFL bulbs.

The sockets are the same, you can even run T8s off a T12 ballast but I wouldn't recommend it, the ballast gets seriously hot and the T8s will have an annoying flicker. Putting an electronic ballast for T8s will cost about 25 bucks from home depot, while you can buy an entire T8 fixture including ballast (cheapo version) for about 20 bucks so... probably not worth the time or money, just use the T12s...
 
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sdifox

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Haven't messed with that in awhile still have an E-75 and several things rusting there :p

I still think about doing it just to arty, I have a few of those around and was kinda fun.

played it on my kid's ps4, it's fun, so I am installing it on PC. It's a very short sortie for me anyway :p

I die really fast.
 

sdifox

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whoever designed the update system are idiots. wtf, I just downloaded the game and it is updating, and it's a 4GB update?
 

MongGrel

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Dec 3, 2013
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played it on my kid's ps4, it's fun, so I am installing it on PC. It's a very short sortie for me anyway :p

I die really fast.

Been awhile, the lower tiers can be a lot of fun.

I wouldn't even know what is good these days, I had a Cromwell Brit I liked mid tier that was a fast little sucker.

Actually had several other things.

Once you get to tier 8-10 battles things ramp up, not even sure what is the highest tier these days.